End-gate for wagon-beds.



No. 634,555. Patented Oct. 1051899 W. F. GATEWGOD. END GATE FOR WAGON BEDS.

(Application filed Apr. 17, 1899.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM F. GATEWOOD, 'OF DECATUR, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOB. TO THE F. B.

TAIT MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

END-GATE F'ORVWAGON-BEDS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 634,555, dated October 10, 1899.

Application filed April 17; 1899.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM F. GATE- WOOD, of Decatur, in'the county of Macon and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in End-Gates for Wagon-Beds, of which the followiugis a specification.

- This invention is designed to provide an end-gate that may be used as a scoop-board and that will also permit the contents of the bed to be discharged by dumping. It is exemplified in the structure hereinafter described and it is defined in the appended. claims.

In the drawings forming part of this specification, Figure l is a perspective represem tation of my end-gate in position to be used as a scoop-board. Fig. 2 is a side elevation showing the end-gate locked against the end of the bed. Fig. 3 is a detail in plan. Fig. 4 is a side elevation showing how the fastenings of the end-gate are manipulated prev paratory to dumping. Fig. 5 is a side elevation illustrating the'action of the end-gate when the bed is dumped to discharge its load from the rear end.

The wagon -bed is shown at 1. At 2 is shown one of a pair of slide-platesthat fit over the upper edges of the lowest side-boards of the wagon-bed and bear against the cleats at the end of the bed. Pins 3 project sidewise from the slide-plates and form pivotal bearings for links 4,which aid in supporting the end-gate.

The end-gate is in the form of an ordinary scoop-board; and it consists of the board 6, which forms the end-gate, and the scoopboard and the side plates 6, which are fastened to the board 6 and embrace the end of the bed when the gateis closed. Each side plate has a strip 7 at its lower inner corner,

and such strips are bent outward at S to form stops to support the end-gate when it is used as a scoop-board, as shown in Fig. 1. Links 4 are .hinged one to each side of the bed, and they connect pivotally with the lower outer corners of the side plates of the gate at 5. The upper ends of links 4 extend above pivot-pins 3 and are projected forward along the bed, as shown at 4. The forward-projected parts of the links are turnedwith their Serial to. 713,310. (No model.)

widths horizontal, and a setof vertical holes are formed through the horizontal extensions, as shown in Fig. 1. Hooked links 9 are connected pi'votally at 10, one oneaoh side of the end-gate, and eyes 11, fastened to the bed, provide for engagement of the hooks of the links. The hooked links are so pivoted on the end-gate that their hooks may be made to engage the holes in the horizontal extensions 4 of links 4, as shown in Fig. 2, thus locking the end-gate against the end of the bed, and may also be made to engage eyes 11, as shown in Fig. 4, preparatory to dumping the contents of the bed.

i The slide-plates 2 are preferably provided on their inner faces with adjustable slides 13, which have bearings 15, adapted to bear against cleats 12 near the end of the bed. The slides are slotted, as shown at 14 in Fig. 1, and the plates have bolts 16, by means of which the slides are held in position. A slide is shown in detail in Fig. 3. In connecting the end-gate with the bed the slide-plates 2 are set over the edges of the bed proper, and the slides 13 are adjusted until the pins 3 are in proper position to hold the end-gate tightly against the bed when the links are in the positions shown in Fig. 2. Afterward the sideboards of the bed are put in place. The links 9 hold the upper end of the gate firmly against the bed by direct pull, and they also hold the lower end against the bed by indirect action through links 4. The outward pull of links 9 tend to pull the upward extensions of links 4 outward and so force the lower ends inward or toward the bed. When the hooked links are loosened, the end-gate may be swung downward on pivots 5 until stops 8 engage links 4, as shown in Fig. 1, when the gate may be used fora scoop-board. Preparatory to dumping the contentsof the wagon out of the rear end thereof the hooked links are disconnected from the extensions 4 of links 4 and engaged with eyes 11. Then when the bed is dumped, as shown in Fig. 1, the end-gate will swing rearward and upward on pins 3 and eyes 11 and provide a passage-way for the contents of the bed. The set of holes in horizontal extensions 4 permit considerable adjustment of plates 2 Without getting the horizontal extensions out of reach of the hooked links, and this facilitates the attachment of the gate to beds having cleats 12 of unusual width or unusually placed. To accommodate beds of different height',different holes for pins 3 may be made in links 4, as shown in thedrawings.

What I claim is 1. The combination, with a Wagon-bed, of a pair of pivot-pins attached one to each side of the bed near the rear end and above the bottom thereof, a second pair of pivot-pins attached to the bed one above each of the primary pivot-pins, an end-gate closable against the end of the \vagon bed, a pair of links connected pivotally with the lowercorners of the gate and extended obliquely upward and forward to the primary pivot-pins and a second pair of links connected pivotally with the end-gate above the primary links and below the secondary pivot-pins, when the gate is closed, and attachable to the secondary pivot-pins when the gate is closed and the said secondary links are extended approxi m ately parallel with the primary links; whereby the upper end of the gate maybe held from opening and the lower end of the gate may swing upward and away from the bed.

2. The combination, with a wagon-bed, 'of a pair of pivot-pins attached one to each side of the bed near the rear end and above the bottom thereof, a second pair of pivot-pins attached to the bed one above each of the primary pivot-pins, an end-gate closable against the end of the Wagon-bed, a pair of links connected pivotally with the lower corners of the gate and extended obliquely upward and forward to the primary pivot-pins and a second pair of links connected pivotally with the end-gate above the primary links and below the secondary pivot-pins, when the gate is closed, and attachable to either the secondary pivot-pins or to the upper ends of the primary links, substantially as specified.

3. The combination, with a wagon-bed, of a pair of pivot-pins attached one to each side of the bed near the rear end and above the bottom thereof, a second pair of pivot-pins attached to the bed one above each of the primary pivot pins, an end gate closable against the wagon-bed, a pair of links connected pivotally With the lower corners of the gate and the primary pivot-pins and extended above such pivot-pins,and a second pair of links connected pivotally with the end-gate above the primary links and below the secondary pivot-pins, when the gate is closed, and attachable to either the secondary pivotpins or the upper extensions of the primary links, substantially as specified.

4. The combination with an end-gate for Wagon-beds, of a pair of pivot-pins attachable to the sides of a wagon-bed, a pair of links pivotally connected with the lower corners of the gate and with the pivot-pins and extended above the pivot-pins, and a second pair of links connected with the gate between the ends thereof and connectable with the upper extensions of the primary links when the gate is closed, substantially as described.

5. The combination with an end-gate having side Wings, or plates, of a pair of links pivotally connected with the lower corners of the gate and with the sides of the bed above the bottom thereof, and stops projecting from the lower ends of the side plates to engage the 'swin gable links when the gate is lowered, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I sign my name inethe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

W'M. F. GATEWOOD. Witnesses:

EDWARD C. BASSEY, L. P. GRAHAM. 

